US Army
An EOD soldier set a world record this month for running a mile in a 96-pound bomb suit.
She ran the mile in 10 minutes and 23 seconds, shattering the women s record set in 2013.
The record for men was set in 2017 by a British soldier who ran it in 7 minutes and 24 seconds.
A US Army soldier set a Guinness World Record this month for the mile run in a bomb suit weighing almost 100 pounds, the service announced recently.
Wearing the heavy suit, Capt. Kaitlyn Hernandez, commander of the 717th Ordnance Company, 52nd Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), shattered the previous record of 11 minutes and 6 seconds at the 2nd Annual Bomb Suit Run and Family 5K at George Mason University in Virginia on April 3.